Mother goes to the bathroom, shortly afterwards her son has disappeared without a trace

USA - Mom-of-two Bri just wanted to disappear into the bathroom and left her little son unattended for a moment. Suddenly, the young woman heard a door slam shut.

When TikTok user @_BrifromBama couldn't find her young son, the young mother experienced what was probably the worst 20 minutes of her life.
When TikTok user @_BrifromBama couldn't find her young son, the young mother experienced what was probably the worst 20 minutes of her life.  © Screenshot/TikTok/_brifrombama

What followed can be summarized in one word: Panic! As PEOPLE magazine reported, Bri then completely lost her temper.

The US-American ran out of her bathroom in a fright and wanted to see what was wrong. Everything was in its place, but her son was missing! Had the little boy been abducted from the house?

Surveillance camera footage shows Bri running outside in a state of shock, calling her neighbor in the front garden and asking if he had seen her child. But even the friendly neighbor hadn't seen the little one. However, he offered to help Bri look for him.

Desperate, the mother kept running across her property, going in and out of the house several times. However, her son remained missing. Bri finally dialed 911.

Child thought to be missing suddenly appeared on the porch

All's well that ends well! The little one crawled out from under the bed and came out onto the veranda. Mother and son were reunited.
All's well that ends well! The little one crawled out from under the bed and came out onto the veranda. Mother and son were reunited.  © Screenshot/TikTok/_brifrombama

The police rushed to the scene, but did not have to intervene. After 20 minutes of fear and panic, the search finally came to an end. The toddler had reappeared.

As it turned out, the blond boy had hidden under his bed while his mother was in the bathroom. When he was tired of playing hide-and-seek, he strolled out onto the porch in front of the house with his pacifier in his mouth.

Bri couldn't believe it, ran to her darling and took him in her arms, completely distraught. A stone seemed to fall from her heart. "I've never felt so helpless," she later wrote on her TikTok channel. The young mother also posted the video of her desperate 20-minute search there.

The footage went viral and has been viewed by around three million people so far. For Bri, the helpless situation was a lesson: "I had so many thoughts running through my head. I will never use the bathroom again," says the American.